All posts tagged Stars Wars

Poorly made tie-ins to popular film and television franchises have given way to stellar titles like Batman: Arkham City, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and the most recent revelation in episodic gaming, The Walking Dead (a game that some critics argue is better than the television show itself).

As a company that’s defined itself solely around its connection to the films of George Lucas, LucasArts has felt the impact of the bar being raised for games inspired by films. In 2010, the company laid off a third of its staff in one fell swoop following disappointing sales and a middling critical response to The Force Unleashed II. Since then, the only title that’s survived through the company’s doldrums was the ever-popular Lego Star Warsseries, but even that was outsourced to a third party developer. Bioware, meanwhile, continued the critical success they achieved with Knights of The Old Republic and late last year released The Old Republic, the first MMO to truly rival World of Warcraft both in terms of audience and quality. Then late last week, the apparently rejuvenated game developer released a teaser image for its new title: Star War 1313. Read More »

Two weeks ago, actress and singer Patti LuPone grabbed a cell phone out of the hand of an audience member who was texting during a performance of her current play, "Shows for Days." The bold move led to an outpouring of support from fans fed up with glowing screens. Ms. LuPone gives us her five rules of theater etiquette.